Disinfectant-distributer.



W. L. MILLER.

DISINFECTANT DISTRIBUTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 26, 1913.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914 MZZmmLZ'IZMwr \VILLIAM LIN MILLER, OF MARSHALL, MICHIGAN.

DISINFECTANT-DISTRIBUTER.

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Application filed November 26, 1913.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2%, 191%.

Serial No. 803,352.

To all "whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, HILL-xii LIN MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshall, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Disinfectant-Distributors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a disinfectant distributer for use within the flush tanks of toiletsystems for the purpose of periodically injecting measured quantities of aliquid disinfectant into the flush water, the object of the invention being to provide a device of this character which is simple and inexpensive in construction, and reliable and efficient as well as automatic in operation under the action of the water in the tank.

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts herein fully described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fi 'ure 1 is a perspective view of a flush tank, showing the distributer in operative position therein, the tank being partially broken away to disclose such distributer. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through one form of distributer. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through another form of distributer.

Referring to the drawing 1 designates a flush tank within which is arranged the distributer '2. In the form shown in Fig. 2 this distributer comprises a receptacle or vessel 3 of glass or other suitable material, provided with a mouth or neck portion 4. This mouth or neck portion 4 is normally closed by a suitable stopper 5, which may be removed when it is desired to supply or replenish the receptacle with the disinfectant.

The distributer illustrated in Fig. 2 is designed for the use of a liquid disinfectant heavier than water, and to this end is provided with a vertically disposed disinfectant or discharge tube 6 terminating at its lower end a suitable distance above the bottom of the receptacle and fitted at its upper end within an opening in the stopper 5. the said upper end of the tube terminating flush with the top of the stopper and being provided with a gravity closing check-valve 7. A second or displacement tube 8, which is always open, extends through the stopper and projects at its upper end above the same and terminates at its lower end within the top of the receptacle in proximity to the bottom of the stopper. The tube 8 has a threaded engagement with the stopper, whereby it may be adjusted to vary the level of its lower end within the receptacle, to regulate its displacement action, as hereinafter described.

In the operation of the device shown in Fig. 2, the receptacle 3 is filled with the disinfectant and placed within the tank so as to rest upon the bottom thereof, and so that the upper end of the displacement tube 8 will terminate slightly below the maximum level of the flush water when the tank is filled. hen the tank is charged with water. a. portion of the water overflows into the tube 8, so that upon the discharge of the water from the tank in the flushing action, the water in the tube 8 will lower with the water in the tank, thereby displacing an equivalent amount of the liquid disinfectant. which passes up through the tube 6 and discharges therefrom into the flush water, thus charging the flush water with a measured amount of the disinfectant, the quantity of which may be varied by adjusting the tube 8 to a higher or lower level. At all times except when a portionof the disinfectant is discharged through the tube 6 the valve 7 is closed. thus preventing the flush water from entering said tube.

In the form of the distributer shown in Fig.3, which is designed for the use of a liquid antiseptic lighter than water, the receptacle 9, which is provided with a stopper 10, has arranged therein a discharge tube 11 which terminates at its upper end within the top of the receptacle below the stopper and connects at its lower end with an elbow 12 extending outwardly through one side of the receptacle and provided with a gravity chock-valve 13. The receptacle is filled with the antiseptic liquid, which flows from the receptacle into the top of the tube, and the check-valve 13 is held closed at all times. except when a measured quantity of tho disinfectant is discharging, by the pressure of the water in the tank and the weight of the valve itself. The displacement tube 14: in this construction extends through the stopper to a desired elevation above the same and depends down into the receptacle to a point adjacent the bottom thereof, and said tube may have a threaded engagement with the stopper to regulate its elevation and displacement action. This tube is filled with the antiseptic normally up to the level thereof, and when the tank is charged with water a portion of the water flows into the upper end of said tube, so that on the ensuing flushing action the water in the tube will lower with the water in the tank and displace an equivalent amount of the antiseptic which will discharge through the tube 11.

It will be evident from the foregoing description that my invention provides a simple and inexpensive type of disinfectant distributer which may be arranged for use in any ordinary flush tank, and which is controlled in operation by the filling and emptying of the tank to periodically discharge measured quantities of the disinfectant into the water. By slight modifications in the arrangement of the tubes it will be seen that the device is adapted for the use of liquid disinfectants which are lighter or heavier than water,

I claim 1. A disinfectant, distributer for flush tanks comprising a receptacle adapted to contain a liquid disinfectant, a check-valved discharge tube communicating with said receptacle, and a displacement tube carried by the receptacle and adapted to be partially filled with water from the tank to displace a quantity of the disinfectant through the discharge tube.

2. A disinfectant distributor for flush tanks comprising a receptacle, a discharge tube connected therewith, a gravity closing check-valve controlling the outlet of said tube, and a displacement tube communicating with the interior of the receptacle and projecting outwardly above the same and adapted to be partially filled with water from the tank to displace an equivalent amount of disinfectant through the discharge tube 3. A disinfectant distributer for flush tanks comprising a receptacle, a stopper closing the top of the receptacle, a valved discharge tube for dispensing disinfectant from the receptacle, and a displacement tube extending through the stopper and projecting into and above the receptacle and adapted to receive portions of water from the tank to displace equivalent amounts of disinfectant through the discharge tube.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

7 lVILLIAM LIN MILLER. Witnesses L. S. PAGE, JOHN C, WVELLns.

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